Troops recover bodies, rescue hostages after Easter Sunday terrorist attack
Terrorists stormed the ECWA Church in Ariko Village, Kachia LGA, earlier today, killing five worshippers and abducting a a number of congregants.
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Court rules Nigerians can record police officers on stop-and-search operations
A federal high court in Delta State, presided over by Justice Hyeladzira Nganjiwa, has ruled that Nigerians can record with their digital or other lawful devices, policemen carrying out stop-and-search operations in public spaces.
Akwa Ibom police arrest UNIUYO graduate for alleged arms fabrication
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested a University of Uyo graduate of Animal Science, Koabasi Marsodi, for allegedly operating an illegal arms’ fabrication facility.
Man, 39 bags life imprisonment for defiling 8-year-old
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesA Cross River State High Court sitting in Calabar has convicted and sentenced Uduak Etim Udo, a 39-year-old man, to life imprisonment for raping an 8-year-old girl. Udo was sentenced on Tuesday, 24 February 2026, by Hon. Justice Blessing Egwu of the State High Court. The convict committed the crime in March 2025 in…
Court sentences Winners Chapel’s Pastor to death for murder
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Emmanuel Ntekim The Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has sentenced a 29-year-old resident pastor of Living Faith Church Worldwide, also known as Winners Chapel, to death by hanging for the murder of his landlord, Gabriel Bassey Edward. Delivering judgment on Thursday, February 19, 2026, Justice Gabriel Ette convicted Prince Emmanuel…
Police recover automatic rifle, shotgun, arrest two in Mkpat Enin
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesBy Emmanuel Ntekim The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has recorded another breakthrough in its ongoing crackdown on violent crime with the recovery of firearms and the arrest of two suspects in Mkpat Enin. Police operatives, acting on credible intelligence, raided a suspected criminal hideout on February 18, 2026, at about 1:00 p.m. in…
Terrorists kill scores in Niger, abduct many ●Recently freed Papiri School students among abductees
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesTerrorists kill scores in Niger, abduct many ●Recently freed Papiri School students among abductees Terrorists late Saturday killed no fewer than 40 persons and abducted many others in Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State, various media outlets, including Sky News, TheCable, and Premium Times report. Among those kidnapped by the Islamists were…
Armed Forces Remembrance Day
ShareShareTweetPin0 SharesThe Concourse – By Soney Antai, serial award-winning columnist Armed Forces Remembrance Day Without any attempt at patronising the military profession, the fact, so far as I am concerned, remains that soldiering is one of the riskiest occupations on Mother Earth. In spite of the prestige of the uniform, privilege of having the license…
ADC slams FG for allegedly aiding banditry by paying abductors
ShareShareTweetPin0 Shares ADC slams FG for allegedly aiding banditry by paying abductors African Democratic Congress (ADC) has accused the Nigerian federal government of encouraging banditry by striking deals with its perpetrators, rather than bringing them before the law. The party’s spokesman, Bolaji Abdullahi, speaking on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ programme, Wednesday, alleged that the federal…
Trump again blasts Nigeria, says country “is a disgrace”
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